HYDERABAD, Oct 19: Air India is in the process of
obtaining European Union Air Safety Agency’s certification for
its Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility here, a
senior official of the state-owned carrier said on Saturday
here.
“We are now trying to get EASA certification as most of
the foreign Airlines look for it inorder to send the aircraft
to the MRO facility.
If any facility has EASA certification, then the airlines
will have an idea about the standards of the MRO facilIity..
Once we get that EASA will be able to good business from
other airlines,” Y Srinivasa Rao, General Manager
(Engineering) of Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL), a
wholly owned subsidiary company of Air India Limited told
reporters.
He said the company will have to make some investments in
to the MRO facility which is certified by the Director General
of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to make it EASA compliant.
The MRO hangar at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
here can accommodate two A320 family aircraft simultaneously
or one wide body aircraft such as B747 or B777.
Srinivas said the MRO facility is currently offering
services to the captive fleet and planning to increase shifts
to two from the present one.
Presently, the unit undertakes pre-flight or weekly
checks of A321, 320, 319 or ATR aircraft and provide technical
assistance to other international carriers as part of
comprehensive ground handling service, he said. (PTI)
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